Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN won't connect N band

[PompeyBlue]

I've got a WRT610N linksys access point. Whenever I connect to the access point though I connect @ 54mbps (G) rather than N. Has anybody seen that ?

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"HomeNetwork
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:22:6B:7A:7B:26
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=68/70 Signal level=-42 dBm Noise level=-92 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

pan0 no wireless extensions.

dmesg | grep iw
iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27kds
iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN REV=0x4
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 19 802.11a channels
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode
iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 228.61.2.24
Registered led device: iwl-phy0::radio
Registered led device: iwl-phy0::assoc
Registered led device: iwl-phy0::RX
Registered led device: iwl-phy0::TX

I wonder if it's got something to do with connecting on the 20MHZ channel ? When I look at the AP wireless status I see:

MAC Address: 00:22:6B:7A:7B:27
Mode: Mixed
Network Name (SSID): HomeNetwork
Channel Width: 40MHz only
Wide Channel: 38
Standard Channel: 36
Security: WPA-Personal
SSID Broadcast: Enabled


2.4G Wireless Network
MAC Address: 00:22:6B:7A:7B:26
Mode: Mixed
Network Name (SSID): HomeNetwork
Channel Width: 20MHz only
Wide Channel: N/A
Standard Channel: 1
Security: WPA-Personal
SSID Broadcast: Enabled

Has anybody seen this before ?

[darthvadar]

Hi,

Here's what I did. 1st I upgraded the driver from Intel to the latest version (this might not be necessary, try step two below 1st). I have vista (yes I know) so in my case I clicked on the active wireless connection, then view status. I use WPA2 security. I've been under 54mbps too all this time and I didn't know it. Please note my internet connection is 15mbps so the only time I would see a difference is when I navigate and transfer data on my network over wifi. Anyway, when I click on status I see the speed at 54mbps. I clicked on wireless properties. There's a connection tab and a security tab. Under security, I switched from encryption type TKIP to AES (the one mentioned on Intel site) without making any other changes to my router (Dlink Dir-655) and when I come back to the connection properties window, the speed has jumped to 130mbps. This could be higher for you depending on your wireless router.

[Kasper-pA-]

Pompey,

Did you get this resolved? I'm having the same issue, In windows I can connect at 300mb, but in F12 I can only get 54mb...

Running the Intel 4965agn on F12 x86_64

anyone have any suggestions?

tia!

Kasp